Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Pt 1

Tourism Roundup | March 13, 2019

Thousands of coffee lovers made the journey to cool hills of Newcastle St Andrew for the second staging of the Jamaica Blue mountain coffee festival from March 1 to 3. The day had many fun activities for the entire family as well as an assortment of coffee infused products on display.

On today’s edition of Tourism Roundup, we hear about a recent training initiative put on by the Ministry of Tourism that sought to inspire local food artistes to infuse elements of Jamaican culture into their dishes.

If you put real estate developers, investors and business operators from across the world in one room, what would you get? The Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations (CHICOS) Summit. Montego Bay St James is set to host this premier event from November 14 – 15.

Portfolio Minister Edmund Bartlett has outlined several plans and initiatives being undertaken to boost the tourism sector. We bring you highlight’s of the minister’s sectoral debate presentation on this week’s Tourism Roundup.

The Ministry of Tourism, through its Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) has created a new platform designed to increase visitor participation in events and activities islandwide. Dubbed Top Events Jamaica, the initiative will include a microsite and easy to use mobile app, both of which will seek to increase visitor awareness and participation in the over 900 events held in Jamaica each month.

Jamaica’s tourism sector continues to grow with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. This as more persons choose Jamaica as their ideal vacation destination. We tell you all about it on this week’s tourism round up.